Chapter 517: Lu Su's Two Strategies

Liu Ye has already blocked all other directions in Yizhou, so if he wants to develop, there is only one way to go south.

"Zi Yang, continue talking."

"Obey!"

"In troubled times, everything must be based on strength. As far as I know, there are twelve counties in Yizhou. General Xiawei currently occupies six counties, and there are still six counties that have not yet been attached."

"There are indeed certain difficulties in the conquest of the six southern counties, but the difficulty is much smaller than that of Yizhou, and the benefits are much greater than that of attacking Jingzhou or Liangzhou. Therefore, General Wei still needs his subordinates to unify their thinking and concentrate Go south and conquer the entire Yizhou in one fell swoop. Then, with the power of the twelve counties of Yizhou, either go north to follow the example of Gaozu. Or go east to annex Jing and Yang to benefit the invincible land."

Liu Zhang really wanted to give Liu Ye a thumbs up. There is nothing wrong with this strategic policy. As long as the monarch is not a fool and follows the steps, he will definitely achieve great things!

Liu Ye not only thought of Liu Zhang's route for hegemony, but even opened up another route for him to separatist regime, he is worthy of being called a strategist.

Zhang Song stood up directly, with admiration for Liu Ye in his eyes.

"Mr. Liu's words are very incisive, and the strategy also coincides with my subordinates! My lord, don't be swayed by some people. The most important thing is to go south to the six counties to unify Yizhou!"

Liu Zhang frowned slightly. He didn't expect that Yizhou had not yet been unified, and there would be factional struggles under his command.

Obviously because of the opposition of Zhang Yi, Yang Hong and others, Zhang Song began to have opinions on these people.

"Zi Qiao, I also know the importance of going south, and I am unwavering in this concept. Isn't there a problem now? There are more than one million people in Nanman, how should we deal with it? We can't always send tens of thousands of troops to station in Nanzhong, right? ?”

As Liu Ye said, once he goes north or east, he will face an army of 100,000, and Liu Zhang has to go all out.

In particular, Liu Zhang's strategy is to go north, not only to face Ma Teng and Han Sui, but also to face the endless Qiang people.

If there is a specific plan to deal with the barbarians, it will be handy to face the Qiang people in the future.

Zhang Song backed away in embarrassment, not only him, but Zheng Du and Jia Xu were also quite helpless, the barbarians were indeed a great harm!

"Zijing, what can you do?"

Liu Zhang pinned his hopes on Lu Su, after all, he had been the governor of the Eastern Wu Dynasty.

What Liu Zhang didn't expect was that Lu Su nodded his head, although his brows were tightly frowned.

"Does General Wei know about Yangzhou Shanyue?"

"I know, it's also quite harmful."

Of course Liu Zhang knew that the Soochow Sun family had been trapped by Shanyue for many years! If it wasn't for Shanyue's involvement, they wouldn't be so passive in terms of strength.

It was precisely because of Sun's experience that Liu Zhang didn't want to rush into the army, and in the end most of the troops were restrained in Nanzhong.

Lu Su nodded slightly, and Liu Zhang knew that there was no need to waste his words.

"Shanyue is just like the southern barbarians. Their numbers are huge and their fighting power is astonishing. It can be said that the whole people are soldiers. Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the imperial court sent troops to conquer several times, but unfortunately the effect was very little."

"Their minds are very flexible, and they know that they can't beat the fully armed officers and soldiers, so as soon as the officers and soldiers come, they will escape into the mountains and set up various traps in the mountains. As long as the officers and soldiers dare to enter the mountains, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties! As time goes on, the officers and soldiers will surely retreat after running out of food, and they will go out of the mountains again to cause disaster to the village."

Lu Su hit the nail on the head, Shanyue and Nanman have very similar characteristics!

There are a large number of people, all the people are soldiers, and they never love to fight. Won the essence of guerrilla warfare in later generations!

"What Zijing said is right, and I also have a headache because of it. It is easy to conquer the six counties, but if the barbarians harass and destroy them all the time, the land of the six counties will turn into a quagmire, and we will be trapped in it!"

During the Han Dynasty, the dominance over the six counties of Nanzhong was always very weak. It was nothing more than a chicken rib, and it was a pity to discard it without meat.

If it really involves tens of thousands of troops, then Liu Zhang might as well not take it!

If you fight for several years, you will not get the six counties in the end, and you will lose troops and generals, and your strength will not be as good as before.

"General Wei, do you want to see the effect quickly, or do you want the long-term success once and for all?"

Hearing Lu Su's words, Liu Zhang's hanging heart immediately let go of half.

Lu Su must have a solution!

"Zijing, what's it like to be fast? What's it like to be slow and long?"

Jia Xu and the others also pricked up their ears, wanting to see what tricks the young man Liu Zhang valued so much had in mind.

"If General Wei wants to temporarily stabilize the barbarians and prevent them from becoming an obstacle to our attack on the six southern counties, there is indeed a shortcut!"

"However, haste makes waste, often taking shortcuts will lead to various problems."

"The barbarians in Nanzhong and Yangzhou Shanyue are very much alike. They live in seclusion in the mountains, and they use tribes and races as units, just like independent kingdoms."

"As long as there are people, there will be classes and struggles. The Han people are like this, and the Nanman and Shanyue are also like this. Although the barbarians have millions of people, they fight on their own and attack each other. If they have the same hatred, the six counties in the south will soon Not for us!"

"Every barbarian leader wants to strengthen his own power and wants to be a barbarian king. We only need to select some of the barbarian tribes with moderate power to trade and support them in competing for the barbarian king."

"With our support, these middle-level barbarians will definitely be able to annex the weak ones, thereby destroying the current harmony among the barbarians and causing dissatisfaction among other powerful barbarians. Afterwards, we spread rumors in Nanzhong to attract them to attack each other. Tired of killing each other, they naturally have no time to be enemies with us. And if the barbarians want to defeat a powerful opponent, they will definitely ask us for help!"

Everyone couldn't help secretly marveling, Lu Su's support of the puppet caused the barbarians to attack each other, which is not insignificant!

As long as the plan is perfect, at least the barbarians can be in turmoil for several years or even ten years! In this way, the six southern counties have already been won.

"Zijing, if you do this, the rest of the barbarians will be big tribes, and they will become a disaster in the end, right?"

Liu Zhang saw through the shortcomings of this strategy at a glance. It was as if the Han Dynasty dealt with the Xiongnu and Xianbei, splitting them internally.

The effect was indeed immediate. After the Xiongnu split, some of them surrendered to the Han, and some were driven away by Xianbei.

But there is also a disadvantage. When these alien races are unified, their power will be much stronger than now. By then, the six southern counties were even more dangerous.

Lu Su didn't hide anything, he just admitted it.

"What General Wei said is very true. The struggle will never be endless. Sooner or later, these small tribes will either be wiped out or belong to the big tribe, and the chaos will eventually stop. At that time, what we need to face is not No longer are barbarians fighting on their own, but powerful barbarians one by one."

Lu Su's strategy can indeed solve the current problems faced by Liu Zhang's group, but it is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst. When the toxicity erupts, it will be extremely violent! It is normal to injure yourself, maybe it will give a fatal blow to Liu Zhang's group when it is weak!

"Zijing, what about the long stream?"

(end of this chapter)